erythema

English

Etymology

From New Latin erythēma, from Ancient Greek ἐρύθημα (erúthēma, “a redness or flush on the skin”), from ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɛɹɪˈθiːmə/

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• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌɛɹɪˈθimə/, /ˌɛɹəˈθimə/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌeɹɪˈθiːmə/
• Rhymes: -iːmə

Noun

erythema (countable and uncountable, plural erythemas or erythemata)

1. Abnormal redness and inflammation of the skin, due to vasodilation.
2. Skin redness from sunburn or chemical irritation

Derived terms

• erythema ab igne
• erythema dyschromicum perstans
• erythema infectiosum
• erythemal
• erythema migrans
• erythema nodosum
• erythemato-
• erythematous
• erythemic

Related terms

• erysipelas
• erythemogenic
• erythrocyte
• erythronium
• erythrophobia
• ulerythema

Translations

abnormal redness

Catalan: eritema (ca) m Czech: erytém m Esperanto: eritemo Finnish: eryteema (fi), punoitus (fi) French: érythème (fr) m Galician: eritema m German: Erythem (de) n Italian: eritema (it) m Korean: 홍반 (hongban) Occitan: eritèma m Polish: rumień m, erytema f Russian: эритема (ru) (eritema) Spanish: eritema (es) m Ukrainian: ерите́ма f (erytéma)

redness from sunburn

Italian: eritema solare m

See also

• hyperemia
• plethora
• rash

• erythema on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

• “erythema”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “erythema”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.